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POCUS - Regional Anesthesia - Lower Limb Local Nerve Blocks

 - Fascia Iliaca
 - Femoral
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POCUS - Regional ... Anesthesia - Lower ... Limb Local Nerve ... - Obturator #Management ... #Regional #Local
Lower Extremity Nerve Blocks
Femoral, Sciatic, Popliteal, Saphenous - Indications, positioning, and anatomy

#Management #Regional #Anesthesia #Local #Lower
and anatomy #Management ... #Regional #Anesthesia ... #Local #Lower # ... NerveBlocks #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Anatomy #Femoral
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Local Anaesthetic ... immediate clinical team ... problem. ❸ Call for cardiac ... #Toxicity #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
❷ Liaise with local ... activate appropriate local ... until patient is stable ... Electricity #Failure #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... Inform theatre team ... #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
unexplained loss of cardiac ... mainstay of initial management ... mainstay of initial management ... Embolism #VTE #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
with surgical team ... consider: o Cardiac ... tamponade → 3-9 o Local ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... inform clinical team ... Plan definitive management ... • Infiltrate local ... #Anesthesiology
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
inform theatre team ... Consider monitoring cardiac ... intensive care team ... #Sepsis #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Cardiac Arrest - ... to the theatre team ... tone Drug error Local ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management